Epigraph vs. Epitaph

Epigraphnoun

An inscription, especially on a building.

Epigraphnoun

A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.

Epigraphnoun

The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

Epigraphverb

(transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

Epigraphnoun

Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

Epigraphnoun

A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

Epigraphnoun

a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing

Epigraphnoun

an engraved inscription

Epitaphnoun

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

Epitaphnoun

A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Epitaphverb

(intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

Epitaphverb

(transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Epitaphnoun

An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

Epitaphnoun

A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

Epitaphverb

To commemorate by an epitaph.

Epitaphverb

To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.

Epitaphnoun

an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there

Epitaphnoun

a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

Epitaph

An epitaph (from Greek ἐπιτάφιος epitaphios from ἐπί epi and τάφος taphos ) is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense.